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POT CHAIN APPLICATION. FILED MAR. 28. i916.

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Gr-ZZ/faif v GEoEGE' J. Error, OF A'rLAn'rIc CITY, NEW JERSEY.

Per-Guam.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. so, 191?.

Application filed March 28, 1916. Serial No. 87,313.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEoRGE J. LIToT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlantic City, in the county of Atlantic, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pot-Chains; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to culinary implements, having particular reference to dish cloths or pot scrapers.

The primary object of the invention is to provide in a pot scraper formed of wire cloth, improved means for rendering the scraper more eflicient for the cleaning operation.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pot scraper of that type generally referred to as wire cloth, wherein the same is formed of a plurality of loop or ring members connected together, and wherein, when in use, a series of undulating abrading edges upon each of the loop or ring members is presented to more effectively clean a kettle or other implement.

With these objects in view, together with others which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the novel combination and arrangement of parts, all as will be described more fully hereinafter, illustrated in the drawings and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1, is a plan view of a portion of a pot cleaning device constructed in accordance with my invention,

Fig. 2, is a magnified view of one of the rings or loops detached from the body portion of the cleaner, and

Fig. 3, is a sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 2.

same may be readily looped within the next adjacent ring sections. The rings employed in the present instance are formed of wire providing longitudinally disposed relatively sharp edges 6, and the wire throughout the extent of each of the rings is twisted as shown. The wire in the present instance is shown as being rectangular in cross section, however it will be understood that the wire employed in forming the rings may have a greater or less number of corners or edges if desired. Upon reference more particularly to Fig. 2 of the drawings, it will be observed that the twisting of the wire causes relatively sharp edges-to project from the body portion proper of the wire, the said protruding edges providing undulating abrasive surfaces which when rubbed across the surface of a kettle or other vessel will remove matter collected thereon. It is apparent that the great number of such undulating relatively sharp abrading edges presented by the various rings or loops provides a pot scraper or cleaner which; will prove highly efiicient in use. The rings constituting the various elements of the wire cloth in the present instance are shown as being circular, but it is apparent that the shape of these elements may be varied if members of difi'erent configurations should be found more expedient, efficient, or practical in use.

While I have herein shown and described a particular or preferred embodiment of the invention, I wish it to be understood that I need not confine myself to all the precise details of construction herein set forth by way of illustration, as modification and variation tionally angular wire twisted torsionally and looped with a plurality of convolutions, each convolution progressing helically about an adjacent convolution.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signa- 15 ture, in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE J. LITOT. Witnesses:

L. A. Donors, L. N. YETTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

